Without a possibility of change in meani... | Kenneth L. Pike

Present Change

Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions.

- Kenneth L. Pike

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Office

I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it.

- Kenneth L. Pike

Language

We assume, to begin with, that the individual is at least as complex in his internal structure as the language is which he speaks - otherwise, how could he speak a language which is complex?

- Kenneth L. Pike

Conscience Will

If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble - and will not publish with a clear conscience.

- Kenneth L. Pike

Nobody is as good as he thinks he is.

- Kenneth L. Pike

Value People

It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.

- Kenneth L. Pike

May Success

Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.

- Kenneth L. Pike

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